Venezuela, China and Trump
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President Donald Trump’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro sparked widespread discussion on Chinese social media, with many users saying the operation offered a template for how Beijing could handle tensions with Taiwan.
US President Donald Trump is meeting US Ambassador to China David Perdue at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Friday, rounding off a day of diplomacy that began with a call with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Brazil, with elections in October, is a different story. Trump has boosted the 80-year-old Lula’s re-election chances by imposing 50% tariffs to retaliate for Brazil putting ex-president Jair Bolsonaro on trial last year. (Washington has quietly reduced many of the levies since then, Johnson says.)
Now, Cambodia may be ready to bestow the same honour on a US president. Cambodia is considering renaming National Route 4, the 225km-long highway that connects capital Phnom Penh with the port city of Sihanoukville,
Trump administration warns China over Taiwan, urging restraint and dialogue to preserve peace across the Taiwan Strait.
Experts say Beijing may see the U.S.' seizing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro not as a license to move on Taiwan as much as a chance to undermine U.S. global leadership.
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Venezuela Today, Taiwan Tomorrow? How Trump’s Maduro Gamble Could Reshape China’s Taipei Calculus
Trump’s capture of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro has sparked concern that Washington may have set a precedent Beijing could invoke over Taiwan. As global attention turns to Caracas, questions are growing over how China might interpret and use this moment.
President Donald Trump has invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the United States this year
Local farm families operating on "razor-thin margins" as trade disputes continue to impact markets, with soybean exports projected to end 33% below 2024 levels.
Data has shown that Indian-Americans have among the highest median household incomes among major ethnic groups in the US.
President Donald Trump asserted that the U.S. is “in charge” of Venezuela, threatened the president of Colombia and repeated his desire to take over Greenland in remarks aboard Air Force One on Jan. 4.